Missouri: Are slot machines in gas stations legal?

Missouri: Are slot machines in gas stations legal?

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  • Gretchen Bolander, FourStatesHomePage.com
January 15, 2021 7:39 PM
  • Gretchen Bolander, FourStatesHomePage.com

Slot machines, you may be used to seeing them in casinos where they’re regulated. But a similar video game is showing up in gas stations and bars testing the limits of what’s allowed in Missouri.

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The company argued in court the machines don’t break the law. But there’s a growing number of prosecutors in the state that disagree.

Blake Sherer, Platte County Asst. Prosecutor, said, “There are an estimated 14,000 slot machines in the state. This industry is probably worth 10s of millions of dollars a year. And it’s been a kind of gray area of the law, prompting the nickname “gray” machines or ‘no chance gaming.’”